Peter Van Sant: As a result of your work, more and more law enforcement agencies will be coming to you, more and more families hoping that you can do your miracle work and solve their cold cases. That's quite a burden for you, isn't it? Gabriella Vargas: Oh, absolutely...
This year Imperial College London researcherswere ableto solve a tuberculosis mystery concerning two patients who had contracted drug-resistant strains of the infection. The first had worked in healthcare in South Africa in an area where there had been a serious outbreak of drug-resistant TB in 2...
Vincent Velazquez, a retired Atlanta detective who helped solve the case after working on it for 20 years, spoke withA&E True Crimeabout how the randomness of the attacks made it difficult for investigators to solve these cases—and how they persevered to bring closure to the victims’ famil...
Patrick NicholasKing County Superior Court Investigators then zeroed in on Patrick Nicholas. Detectives discovered that around the time of Sarah Yarborough's murder, Nicholas had often taken a bus route that went past Federal Way High School. Back then, Nicholas was 27 years old and is seen her...
We spoke to McAlister and Washbourne to find out about some of the weirdest cases they encountered during the research for their book, and how important insects have become in the field of forensic science. Read more about insect detectiveshere....
Forensic Accounting Cases Many forensic accountants work on white-collar crimes committed by executives. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Although the basic strategy is the same, the types of assignments that require the services of a forensic accountant vary. An independent consultant may assist the ow...
Advances in forensics are giving us an unprecedented ability to solve cases—and exposing mistakes in some investigations.
western australia, case three. when we watched csi or similar tv programs, most of the time investigators found the presence of a body on the ground. reality is that the majority of the cases, bodies are found contained in something. we consider that as limited access environment. insects ...
Crime scene investigators do not clean up the scene -- neither do police officers, detectives or anyone else involved in the investigation. The task of cleaning up a gruesome crime scene often falls to the victim's family members. In the last 10 years, however, some people have recognized ...
“It’s always this feeling of, ‘Wow, this is fascinating. It’s so exciting. I really want to solve this,’” she said. “But at the same time, these are people who are getting very sick,” she said. Over the next few weeks, she expects case numbers to tick ...